Quadriplegia in Klippel Feil Syndrome Patient

Abstract

Case report : A Thai male 40 years old developed quadriplegia after minor injury from motorcycle accident. The diagnosis was Klippel-Feil syndrome after physical examination and investigation. There was no spinal column instability, no spinal cord abnormality, no fracture and no abnormal pressure to the spinal cord, that was postulated to be a cause of neurological deficit  in Klippel-Feil syndrome. But deviation of spinal cord that detected by CT scan was thought to be the cause of quadriplegia in this patient by tethering when rapid movement of spinal column. After 2 months the patient recovered nearly normal.